‖ dagesh, daghesh, n. Heb. Gram.
(ˈdɑːgɛʃ)
[med.Heb. dāghēsh, f. Syriac d'ghash to prick.]
A point or dot placed within a Hebrew letter, denoting either that it is doubled (dagesh forte), or that it is not aspirated (dagesh lene).
| 1591 Percivall Sp. Dict. B j, B..very often..is sounded like the Hebrew {hebbeth} when it is in the middest of a word without daggesh. 1749 B. Martin Dict. Introd. Eng. Tongue 9 If any of the aspirated letters has the point (call'd Dagesh) in them, they are then pronounced without the H. 1834 A. Willis Hebr. Gram. 5 A point is sometimes inserted in the middle of a consonant affecting the pronunciation, and called Dagesh or Mappik. |
Hence ˈdagesh v. trans., to mark with a dagesh. Also ˈdagessate v., ˈdagessate, -ated pa. pple.
| 1668 [see incrassated ppl. a. b]. 1751 Wesley Wks. (1872) XIV. 156 In some Verbs..the middle Radical is dageshed. 1871 Bolton tr. Delitzsch's Psalms II. 259 note, The dageshing of the opening mute of the following word. |